Religion

The Hu makes hits with praises to the sky deity

(RNS) — An eight-man heavy metal band from Mongolia known as The Hu has done what few thought could happen in the 21st century: Create a new genre of folk-metal music. Decked out in black war regalia out of the 13th century, they sing invocations to a Mongolian sky deity and odes to 13th century warlord Genghis Khan. Not that...

Shows

Are We Alone? How TV Shows and Movies Keep Our Belief in UFOs Alive

No matter how many times the U.S. government tells us there’s nothing to see in the skies, we just can’t seem to shake the feeling that something out there is watching. Even after the Department of Defense’s latest attempt to debunk UFOs (sorry, UAPs — gotta keep it modern), pop culture’s love affair with aliens shows no signs of slowing...

Sports

Penguins aim to halt slide in encounter vs. Canucks

Oct 25, 2024; Edmonton, Alberta, CAN; Pittsburgh Penguins forward Rickard Rakell (67) tries to knock the puck away from Edmonton Oilers forward Jeff Skinner (53) during the third period at Rogers Place. Mandatory Credit: Perry Nelson-Imagn Images The Pittsburgh Penguins will square off with the host Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night in a clash between two teams that are missing...

Apps

Creating a responsive dashboard layout for JetLagged with Jetpack Compose

Posted by Rebecca Franks - Developer Relations Engineer This blog post is part of our series: Adaptive Spotlight Week where we provide resources—blog posts, videos, sample code, and more—all designed to help you adapt your apps to phones, foldables, tablets, ChromeOS and even cars. You can read more in the overview of the Adaptive Spotlight Week, which will be updated...

Arts and Theater

Preserving and Transmitting American Ensemble-Based Theatre, Part Two: Presenter Perspectives 

Jeffrey Mosser: Welcome to another episode of the From the Ground Up Podcast, produced for HowlRound Theatre Commons, a free and open platform for theatremakers worldwide. I'm your host, Jeffrey Mosser, recording from the ancestral homeland of the Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk, and Menominee, now known as Milwaukee, Wisconsin. These episodes are shared digitally to the internet. Let's take a moment to...

Business

Elon Musk gives at least $132 million to elect Trump, GOP allies

Elon Musk gave another $56 million to elect Donald Trump and other Republicans in the final weeks of the 2024 election, bringing to at least $132 million the amount spent by the world’s richest person to elevate his allies to the White House and Congress, federal filings show. The donations — revealed in disclosures with the Federal Election Commission Thursday...

Celebrity

Recent Mugshots Surface After DA Decision

Recently captured mugshot photos of Erik and Lyle Menendez have surfaced following the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s recommendation that the brothers be resentenced. RELATED: Whew! Kim Kardashian Sparks Reactions After Calling For The Release Of The Menendez Brothers Recent Mugshots Of Erik & Lyle Menendez Surface According to Fox News, Erik and Lyle Menendez’s recent mugshots were taken on October...

Crypto

If Microsoft Invests in Bitcoin It Will Be Likely Via Spot ETFs

Follow Nikolaus On X Here At the tail end of yesterday, MacroScope, a financial analyst focusing on Bitcoin, revealed a new SEC filing stating that Microsoft is voting this December on whether it should invest in bitcoin.At first I thought there is no way this happens right now, and figured it will just be a short lived hype, especially after...

Economy

2024 presidential election: Bill Clinton makes another bizarre remark, calls Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake physically attractive and Kamala Harris extremely vulnerable

During campaign stops in the swing state on Wednesday, former President Bill Clinton praised the appearance of Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake and called Vice President Kamala Harris extremely vulnerable, as quoted in a report by the New York Post.Clinton, 78, made the strange comment while discussing the race between Lake and Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), drawing comparisons to...

Education

Should Parents Not Say ‘I’m So Proud of You’ or ‘Good Job’?

Most loving parents feel a natural desire to praise their children. Yet, there seems to be a backlash against praise recently, particularly on social media. One of my favorite comedians, Taylor Wolfe, highlighted the anti-praise movement in a viral reel titled “Teaching My Boomer Mom About Millennial Parenting” (watch here if you haven’t already). In this video, she instructs her...

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